Species Austrolopa victoriensis Evans, 1939
Compiler and date details
19 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Austrolopa victoriensis Evans, J.W. 1939. Some new Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63(1): 44-50 [44].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♀ (coll.: F.E. Wilson), Warburton, Victoria.
Introduction
The validity of this species needs to be checked through a thorough examination of specimens of Austrolopa from across Australia. It is possible that it is a variant of the widespread A. brunensis Evans or, alternatively, there may be several species represented across the country.
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head ventral surface pale brownish yellow but for the eyes and an area below each antenna which are black. Crown pale yellowish brown. Pronotum declivous, grey mottled with black. Scutellum grey, anterior angles black. Tegmen transparent, veins brown; claval area coriaceous. Thorax and abdomen, ventral surface, pale yellowish brown. Length 4 mm (Evans 1939).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1939. Some new Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63(1): 44-50 [44]
General References
Evangelista, O., Tatarnic, N. & Bayless, K. 2024. Phylogenomics of endemic of Australian Ulopinae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae). Invertebrate Systematics 38: IS23035
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 27-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |